我很高兴地宣布,Multicoin Capital联合英特尔投资(Intel Capital),对dfuse进行了一轮350万美元的投资,参投方还包括Diagram Ventures。 对于来自传统背景的开发人员来说,构建基于区块链的应用程序是陌生的。区块链数据库可能在几秒内确认事务,也可能根本不确认。此外,从区块链数据库中读取数据很困难;跟踪项目更新构成了挑战;这些数据库不提供全局搜索;配置测试环境也非常费力。 部署和维护区块链节点,与任意API(应用编程接口)交互,或者依赖于没有SLA(服务等级协议)的API,这些都是所有想要集成区块链的团队面临的首要挑战。 在未来几年,随着区块链的数量和种类的增长,我们预计区块链空间将发展得更加纷繁复杂。随着新的开发人员进入区块链领域,他们很快就会被新技术要考虑的因素(如延迟)和必须考量的海量技术选项所淹没。这常常令分析步入困境,并导致次优决策,因为开发人员没有时间探究每个主流平台的细微差别。 dfuse的目标是抽象出所有链的特定复杂性,成为跨所有区块链的区块链API公司。 dfuse已低调地迭代和构建了约一年的时间。他们现已发布了一套产品——包括dfuse Stream、dfuse Lifecycle、dfuse Search、dfuse Workers和dfuse 定制网络。 该公司在EOS的主网上线后不久就在EOS上推出。他们将在未来几周内对以太坊提供支持,而有了这轮融资的助力,dfuse也将加快对新的区块链的支持步伐。 2017年10月,我参加了ETH Waterloo。此次黑客松活动的主办方定了一辆大巴,在活动结束后把参与者送去机场。我当时在大巴上刚好坐在Richard Reiner旁边,他是一位连续创业者,几个月后他参与联合创办了dfuse。在接下来的几个月里,Richard介绍我认识了他的联合创始人兼首席执行官Marc-Antoine Ross。多年来,这两位联合创始人Richard和Marc,以及Alex和Mathieu共同创建了多家公司,并有过多次成功退出的经验。在我们早期的讨论中我可以很明显地意识到,这个团队看到了在Web3时代构建定制化API公司的机会。 在过去的几个月里,我有幸与Marc和dfuse团队一起工作,他们在各个方面都是出类拔萃的。他们对开发人员的需求有着深刻、务实的理解,拥有独特的实践经验,以及与早期采用者快速迭代的能力,而且他们是我在加密领域中遇到的最谦逊的一批开发人员。我和Marc开玩笑说,他们最大的问题就是谦虚得过了头了。:) Marc在蒙特利尔组建了一支由技术人员、大数据工程师、安全主管和开发运维专家组成的优秀团队。他们每周都在呈现新的成果,并且缔造出了一个狂热的社区。在尽职调查中,客户给出了相当热情的反馈。 加密社区是全球性的,Marc很早就意识到了这一点,并开始支持广大的中文社区。大多数北美团队过于以美国为中心,他们无视这一事实,那就是加密领域中有超过50%的开发人员和资本位于亚洲。Marc意识到,过度偏向西方会限制公司的发展。他正是我们打算支持的那种企业家:他认识到加密行业的独特之处,并决心利用当下独一无二的机遇,哪怕这会带来后勤方面的挑战。 对于能有机会支持Marc、Richard、Alex、Mathieu和dfuse团队的其他成员,我深感荣幸。全球有4,000万开发人员,其中99%还没有体验过构建区块链应用程序的痛苦与乐趣。而在使用dfuse时,留待他们体验的将只有后者。
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